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but what really matters for israel is the united states. the u.s. has many ways of communicating with israel. there are many channels, public, private, but this is where the u.s. can come in. it's not the first time, by the way on the e-1 in particular. this settlement project. there were previous times where the u.s.... there was a freezing of construction. to deal with the current crisis ultimately as david said if the u.s. does not take leadership and bring the sides together in a virtuous dynamic of mutual diplomacy we'll end up with more and more of these instances that will resolve ultimately in a fight. >> suarez: we saw the palestinians being warned, the israelis said they would come back with them if this statehood vote went ahead. can they plausibly act wounded or surprised the week after? >> there are two ways of approaching this. you can approach this as a tit for tat. i would use the word infant aisleway of dealing with the conflict or you can aapproach it as a grown-up. look at your ultimate objective. if israel and the palestinians wa
but what really matters for israel is the united states. the u.s. has many ways of communicating with israel. there are many channels, public, private, but this is where the u.s. can come in. it's not the first time, by the way on the e-1 in particular. this settlement project. there were previous times where the u.s.... there was a freezing of construction. to deal with the current crisis ultimately as david said if the u.s. does not take leadership and bring the sides together in a virtuous...
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when i moved to the united states almost 30 years ago, i could not find an omega-3 fish oil that worked for me. i became inspired to bring a new definition of fish oil quality to the world. today, nordic naturals is working to fulfill our mission of bringing omega-3s to everyone, because we believe omega-3s are essential to life. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the many months of speculation finally came to an end today. the u.s. supreme court issued a landmark decision on health care reform on the last day of its term. "newshour" health correspondent betty ann bowser begins our coverage. >> reporter: the crowd gathered outside the supreme court broke into applause when the five to four decision was announced this morning. ( applause ) th
when i moved to the united states almost 30 years ago, i could not find an omega-3 fish oil that worked for me. i became inspired to bring a new definition of fish oil quality to the world. today, nordic naturals is working to fulfill our mission of bringing omega-3s to everyone, because we believe omega-3s are essential to life. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the...
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harry truman did more harm to the united states than any president in our history and was one of the nicest and most honorable of men. but he replaced the old republic with a national security state, with a cold war, as charles beard the historian said we are now set for perpetual war for perpetual peace and we've had 50 years of that. >> brown: at times, his quips offended, as here on oklahoma city bomber timothy mcveigh. >> he was trying to balance what he considered one terrible act by a government that he disliked, and he had been a highly decorated veteran in the gulf war, and this was sending a message. now, was it the right one? no. >> brown: most of all, vidal the writer lamented the state of the novel in american culture today. >> people have stopped reading novels. tv and video games have taken the place where novels were once. when i was young, everybody read them. now it seems hardly anybody does. publishers are screaming, but they've contributed a great deal to the collapse of the novel as a popular art form. they publish too many bad books. >> brown: gore vidal died of
harry truman did more harm to the united states than any president in our history and was one of the nicest and most honorable of men. but he replaced the old republic with a national security state, with a cold war, as charles beard the historian said we are now set for perpetual war for perpetual peace and we've had 50 years of that. >> brown: at times, his quips offended, as here on oklahoma city bomber timothy mcveigh. >> he was trying to balance what he considered one terrible...
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i said do you do this in the united states? there's police action everyday in the united states and various... they don't call on an airplane to bomb the place. >> sreenivasan: nato officials had a different interpretation of what was agreed to. general john allen, commanding all u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan, said the coalition agreed to limit air strikes on civilian dwellings. but he also added a caveat. >> it doesn't obviate our inherent right to self-defense. we will always use our requirements for self-defense and do whatever we have to, to protect the force. but what we've learned is that we have inflicted civilian casualties by the employment of some of that aviation. so what we've agreed is that we will use all other means necessary. >> sreenivasan: allen has apologized in person to families of the victims of last week's air strike. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: fire crews in colorado and in new mexico reported more progress today in their efforts to contain blazes out wes
i said do you do this in the united states? there's police action everyday in the united states and various... they don't call on an airplane to bomb the place. >> sreenivasan: nato officials had a different interpretation of what was agreed to. general john allen, commanding all u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan, said the coalition agreed to limit air strikes on civilian dwellings. but he also added a caveat. >> it doesn't obviate our inherent right to self-defense. we will...
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is out with a new report projecting weaker growth for the united states. what does the report say? and what are you recommending? >> what we essentially say is that there is recovery so we are in positive territory. the u.s. economy is growing. but the recovery is tepid. it's much slower than what we would like. we predict that in 2012, the recovery will be at about 2%. we forecast the recovery in 2013 at 2.3%. which is certainly less than what would be desirable to create jobs and develop activity as would be needed. but it is positive. in terms of policies, well, let me just tell you about the risks as well because the 2% and 2.3% is associated with potential, what we call, down-side risks, things that could happen that would rock the boat a bit. we see two major risks. one is a risk coming from the outside where the crisis in the euro-zone would deteriorate as opposed to what we're beginning to see. the second potential risk is at home, a domestic risk where the combination of the debt ceiling and the fiscal cliff would erode confidence and would create a potential contraction o
is out with a new report projecting weaker growth for the united states. what does the report say? and what are you recommending? >> what we essentially say is that there is recovery so we are in positive territory. the u.s. economy is growing. but the recovery is tepid. it's much slower than what we would like. we predict that in 2012, the recovery will be at about 2%. we forecast the recovery in 2013 at 2.3%. which is certainly less than what would be desirable to create jobs and...
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you could see an oil and gas construamion in the united states. whether that would shift the price at the pump remains unclear. >> reporter: onstanother issue, tax cuts, the two men also presented sharply competing ideas. governor romney insisteds, he can cut marginal tax rates across the board by 20%, and limiting some loopholes that would bee benefit neutral. >> why am i lowering taxes in the middle class? because under the last four years they have been buried. and i will not, i will no under ny circumstances, reduce the share that is being paid by the highestny income taxpayers. and i will not, under any circumstances, increase taxes of the middle class. the president's spending, the president's borrowing, will cause this nation to have to raise taxes on the american people. no just at the high end. >> reporter: but the president pointed to analyes that found romney's initial tax proposals could cost nearly 5 trillion-dollar over 10 years, that did not take intoa account $2 trillion more from spending and other tax proposals. >> president obam
you could see an oil and gas construamion in the united states. whether that would shift the price at the pump remains unclear. >> reporter: onstanother issue, tax cuts, the two men also presented sharply competing ideas. governor romney insisteds, he can cut marginal tax rates across the board by 20%, and limiting some loopholes that would bee benefit neutral. >> why am i lowering taxes in the middle class? because under the last four years they have been buried. and i will not, i...
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the path to getting that done goes through its congress of the united states. andy's eager for the partners he needs to get that done. he reiterated that again today. >> brown: if this is its right thing to do as the president said several times today, what is the logic for stopping it at age 30? why isn't someone who is 31 who has gone through all the same, spent all these years in the united states and gone to school and had a job or served in the military, why not, why isn't he or she eligible? >> well, if you look at the version of the dream act that passed the house of representatives in 2010, the cuttoff date in that legislation was the age of 30. so there has been some discussion about a similar population of young people. and that is where the discussion landed. >> brown: but so it's a practical matter, it's not a logical matter? i mean if you had your way, and you apply the same logic, then it would go on to older people. >> well, this, the secretary is articulated a clear set of criteria, that is the criteria that they're going to apply to people who
the path to getting that done goes through its congress of the united states. andy's eager for the partners he needs to get that done. he reiterated that again today. >> brown: if this is its right thing to do as the president said several times today, what is the logic for stopping it at age 30? why isn't someone who is 31 who has gone through all the same, spent all these years in the united states and gone to school and had a job or served in the military, why not, why isn't he or she...
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steven heydemann is the senior adviser for middle east initiatives at the united states institute of peace. he's worked with the syrian opposition on the challenges ahead once the assad regime falls. and frederic wehrey is a senior associate in the middle east program at the carnegie endowment for international peace. we thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> woodruff: steven hideman, let me start with you. what do you make of these latest attacks of the death of the defense minister and these other top officials. >> this was not a good day for the assad regime and it comes on the heels of a week that is not good. these attacks were of for a number of reasons. i think they underscored the increasing vulnerability of the regime to the armed opposition. i think they sent a signal to many of the regime supporters that the momentum on the ground is shifting in favor of the opposition, and that the regime is now on the defensive. and i think one of the key consequences of this bombing is going to make it much much harder for the regime to hold its inner circle together and to sus
steven heydemann is the senior adviser for middle east initiatives at the united states institute of peace. he's worked with the syrian opposition on the challenges ahead once the assad regime falls. and frederic wehrey is a senior associate in the middle east program at the carnegie endowment for international peace. we thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> woodruff: steven hideman, let me start with you. what do you make of these latest attacks of the death of the...
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when i moved to the united states almost 30 years ago, i could not find an omega-3 fish oil that worked for me. i became inspired to bring a new definition of fish oil quality to the world. today, nordic naturals is working to fulfill our mission of bringing omega-3s to everyone, because we believe omega-3s are essential to life. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: natural disasters dominated this day for many americans, from flooding in florida to wildfires in the west. newshour correspondent kwame holman has our report. >> reporter: the rain in florida just keeps falling. and falling. and falling. for three days tropical storm debby has been unrelenting in soaking the state, flooding entire thoroughfares and neighborhoods. >> i never thought the s
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states. it is not our business. the haqqanis are not pakistani nationals. we will continue to work with all international partners, including the u.s., in combating extremism and terrorism." how the new designation will affect u.s./pakistan relations isn't clear. the relationship is already strained after american troops killed osama bin laden, and u.s. drones continue to strike pakistan, even killing the son of a haqqani leader last month. fair says the situation could get worse. >> there have been several terrorist groups operating in pakistan with state support that we long ago designated as a foreign terrorist organization. pakistan did nothing. in some cases, it banned those we pretended to not notice and they pretended to not care. so in one scenario, this could be just like these designations. "we know what you are doing, we are going to pretend that you are not because we have work to get done in afghanistan." at the other extreme, this could open the way for the congress to say, "wel
states. it is not our business. the haqqanis are not pakistani nationals. we will continue to work with all international partners, including the u.s., in combating extremism and terrorism." how the new designation will affect u.s./pakistan relations isn't clear. the relationship is already strained after american troops killed osama bin laden, and u.s. drones continue to strike pakistan, even killing the son of a haqqani leader last month. fair says the situation could get worse. >>...
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in the united states. it's going to be hard for a mexican leader to justify that people getting killed in mexico, to fight cartels that are trafficking in marijuana when they're being legalized in some states in the united states. that's going to be a complication that's going to have to be addressed in the bilateral relationship. >> suarez: shannon o'neal, all the way from street vendors to the president's office, there's a consensus in mexico that this is an american problem but one that is mexico's to deal with. how is pena nieto going to deaver from president kald enron. >> as michael just said there's going to be a shift on a war from drug trafficking to reducing violence. some of the things you do to fight drug trafficking and reduce violence are the same things. they're professionalizing your police forces, improving strengthening your court system. some things are different. particularly the priorities that you place on your police forces. do they go after drug king pins or do they actually go off
in the united states. it's going to be hard for a mexican leader to justify that people getting killed in mexico, to fight cartels that are trafficking in marijuana when they're being legalized in some states in the united states. that's going to be a complication that's going to have to be addressed in the bilateral relationship. >> suarez: shannon o'neal, all the way from street vendors to the president's office, there's a consensus in mexico that this is an american problem but one...
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>> i think the united states and its allies can have a great deal of influence on the shape syria takes post-assad. i know from my own experience there has been an intensive amount of planning within the state department and other agencies of the executive branch across seven or eight major sectors, plans that include cooperation with allies in working to restore the syrian economy and help syrians get back on their feet. this has been a very, very serious effort. not much noted in the press but it's ongoing. >> brown: and it is widespread and looking at all facets of syria? >> it's looking at all facets of syria. >> brown: give us an example of what kinds of things we might have learned from past that you think we might apply in syria? >> i think one of the things we certainly learn from past experiences is that it's going to be very important to the extent possible to preserve as much of the state and the existing government as we can. now, when i say "existing government" i'm not talking about ret regime. >> brown: you're not talking about assad and those people. >> the regime we're
>> i think the united states and its allies can have a great deal of influence on the shape syria takes post-assad. i know from my own experience there has been an intensive amount of planning within the state department and other agencies of the executive branch across seven or eight major sectors, plans that include cooperation with allies in working to restore the syrian economy and help syrians get back on their feet. this has been a very, very serious effort. not much noted in the...
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and between him and speaker boehner last summer and that this was -- >> the united states lost its credit rating as you will recall as a consequence of this, or potential shut down and so the president was at that time according to best reporting or most reporting, ready to offer this grand bargain. the speaker was as well but found out that his own caucus, it would be a mutiny. this, david is right, this was to be the enforcing mechanism. you can see it is a serious enforcing meck civil because it has gotten their attention. >> you were also saying earlier today this highlights a division among some republicans that defense hawks versus so-called tea party hawks. how much of a fact certificate that. >> it really opened newspaper the last year or two, you have the defense hawks who really think this would devastate or think cut was devastate our national security and they're lead by monday jean chretien main and lindsay graham and the more tea party oriented people who are just not that-- they're not against defense spending but it's not a priority, lowering taxes and economic domestic ec
and between him and speaker boehner last summer and that this was -- >> the united states lost its credit rating as you will recall as a consequence of this, or potential shut down and so the president was at that time according to best reporting or most reporting, ready to offer this grand bargain. the speaker was as well but found out that his own caucus, it would be a mutiny. this, david is right, this was to be the enforcing mechanism. you can see it is a serious enforcing meck civil...
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>> well, the united states basically can't academy of act in the u.n. security council and get a u.n. security council blessing for international action in syria without russia's cooperation, of course, because russia can use its veto there. i think know-- look, watching syria is like watching a slow-motion train wreck. you can see this thing releaptlessly moving toward an uglier and uglier situation. it's been going that way for more than a year now. the united states has tried the nice way with rush ahas tried working with russia to come up with some sort of a solution and so forth, and it's just not happening. you know, and the-- as i said, the pressure is building for-- towards some kind of international intervention. >> brown: what do you see? what are the options? >> well, i mean, there are various different options that, you know, would basically create zones of syria in which the syrian government no longer has control and so forth. i think for a long time people were hoping that would act to speak to perhaps others within the syrian regime to b
>> well, the united states basically can't academy of act in the u.n. security council and get a u.n. security council blessing for international action in syria without russia's cooperation, of course, because russia can use its veto there. i think know-- look, watching syria is like watching a slow-motion train wreck. you can see this thing releaptlessly moving toward an uglier and uglier situation. it's been going that way for more than a year now. the united states has tried the nice...
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in a sense the united states and our allies is to create an environment in which they say under governmental control, is maybe even under the control of the current guardians but a superstructure of the free syrian army or the new government of syria taking charge of them but they're managed by people that understand weapons and can know the inventory and maintain the security around them. so it's a very difficult game between transition on the one hand, trying to preserve as much of the protective measures as you can. we did that somewhere w some success in libya. not complete by any means. >> brown: going back to where we started with the day at the u.n. and russia plague the role it's playing, russia is close to syria. can the u.s. ask rushes for help on this chemical weapons issue in is that possible. >> one would hope so. certainly if there was a risk of loss and you wanted to bring an international team of some kind in you want to have the russians as part of it to reinforce the credibility and not to isolate them but try to get them as part of.... >> brown: last word on that? >> as pa
in a sense the united states and our allies is to create an environment in which they say under governmental control, is maybe even under the control of the current guardians but a superstructure of the free syrian army or the new government of syria taking charge of them but they're managed by people that understand weapons and can know the inventory and maintain the security around them. so it's a very difficult game between transition on the one hand, trying to preserve as much of the...
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be adopting here in the united states and taking care of their own children. this is, as i said, a phenomenon that you hear in european count reis and others that there's resistance building up in many places to transnational, to international adoptions and often this kind of sentiment plays very well but i think as lauren will probably tell us, from the very statistics it doesn't always translate into stepped-up adoptions at home and certainly not into more many orphanages and for the extensive care systems that children require. so actually i have to see if because mr. putin is now stuck some of his reputation on this, he made those pronouncements as we saw on the t.v. clip at his big annual press call and he's laid out in many respects a commitment to do more so we'll have to see if that is indeed the case. >> suarez: lauren, haven't other count freeze time to time either curtailed or shut down totally the flow of children to the united states? >> we have seen this. most notably probably guatemala, ethiopia. that was a potential recently. we've also seen pr
be adopting here in the united states and taking care of their own children. this is, as i said, a phenomenon that you hear in european count reis and others that there's resistance building up in many places to transnational, to international adoptions and often this kind of sentiment plays very well but i think as lauren will probably tell us, from the very statistics it doesn't always translate into stepped-up adoptions at home and certainly not into more many orphanages and for the...
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and that the drug business was growing. >> warner: growing because of the proximity to the united states and its giant illicit market; growing because it promised vast and fast riches to people used to nothing; growing >> what we have seen during those years is that economy was developed into the economy of crime. first drugs and recent years have been added kidnapping, extortion, housejacking, carjacking. you get a job, you are a kidnapper. you get a job when you kill somebody for $100 or $200. it's harder to eradicate this kind of economy then just a couple of gangs warring against each other. >> warner: before long, the gangs weren't just killing each other, but preying on ordinary people. >> a lot of people who decided to cross the border to save their lives. many people lost all they made in their entire life because of kidnapping. >> warner: army troops arrived in 2008 and the violence only grew. more than 3,600 people were killed in 2010, including two especially grisly mass murders within months of each other. some 30 teenage students felled by bullets at birthday parties. >> dur
and that the drug business was growing. >> warner: growing because of the proximity to the united states and its giant illicit market; growing because it promised vast and fast riches to people used to nothing; growing >> what we have seen during those years is that economy was developed into the economy of crime. first drugs and recent years have been added kidnapping, extortion, housejacking, carjacking. you get a job, you are a kidnapper. you get a job when you kill somebody for...
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some european states and the united states. >> let me go back to david. based on your time with assad explain to us the best you can his psychology at this point. are you surprised thatim& he is seems clearly not interested in any kind of deal any kind of power sharing? >> no, because over the years, i think he bought into the authoritarian structure of power in syria as happens frequently in regimes across the world not just in syria. and they have a bit of a differential terne active reality that has been constructed around them and thus they really do believe they are protecting the the country. that is the mandate for the assad's father and son ruling syria to provide security and stability and i believe they are still trying to do that perhaps without realizing totally that their security solution is caution more instability in the long-term. but syria has been under threat from the outside over the decades. so it doesn't take much to convince many syrians there are forces from the outside lurking with forces on the inside against the regime. >> do y
some european states and the united states. >> let me go back to david. based on your time with assad explain to us the best you can his psychology at this point. are you surprised thatim& he is seems clearly not interested in any kind of deal any kind of power sharing? >> no, because over the years, i think he bought into the authoritarian structure of power in syria as happens frequently in regimes across the world not just in syria. and they have a bit of a differential terne...
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d >> the budget of the united states is huge. it's $3.6 trillion, right? and in there arall sorts of deals to favor one industry or one company or one segment of the society. last year the government took in $1.3 trillion in tax revenue but the treasury adds up the t value of all the loopholes, deductions and credits and they amounted to $1.1 trillion. sothey gave away almost as much money as they collected.ga >> reporter: largely says wessle because over a nice lunch lobbyists can convince lawmakers to change the tax code. >> someone says, you know, the law isn't really clear on this facet or the tax court has ruled this and if we could just get a piece of legislation in that would clarify this it would be in my interests and, by the way, congressman, i was so happy to see you at your fund-raiser last night. >> reporter: well, it can't be that blatant! >> it's rarely that bald a transaction, but occasionally it is. but you are naturally more likely to have lunch here with meone who's raised money for your campaign than someone who turned down every invita
d >> the budget of the united states is huge. it's $3.6 trillion, right? and in there arall sorts of deals to favor one industry or one company or one segment of the society. last year the government took in $1.3 trillion in tax revenue but the treasury adds up the t value of all the loopholes, deductions and credits and they amounted to $1.1 trillion. sothey gave away almost as much money as they collected.ga >> reporter: largely says wessle because over a nice lunch lobbyists can...
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when i moved to the united states almost 30 years ago, i could not find an omega-3 fish oil that worked for me. i became inspired to bring a new definition of fish oil quality to the world. today, nordic naturals is working to fulfill our mission of bringing omega-3s to everyone, because we believe omega-3s are essential to life. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the debate over whether the health care mandate is a tax remained front and center in the campaign today, even as the president shifted his attention to economic issues at the start of a midwest bus tour. president obama was back on the stump today in ohio, touting his own economic policies and taking a shot at those of republican mitt romney. >> i don't think that mr. romney's plan to spend trillions o
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when people say they don't want to work with the united states because they can't trust us to keep a secret. that's serious. >> it puts lives in danger and it infringes upon the ability of the intelligence community to do their job. >> brown: friday's "new york times" article was in fact adapted from a new book, titled "confront and conceal: obama's secret wars and surprising use of american power." its author, david sanger, is chief washington correspondent for the paper. and david sanger joins us now. david, the cyber weapon attack on iran was code named "olympic games" right? started under president obama but ramped up under... started under president bush and ramped up under president obama. you refer to it as a far more sophisticated attack than ever before. in what way? >> the code itself was very large but secondly this is not the usual cyber attack of my computer attacks your laptop or you go after an a.t.m. machine or visas subscriber list. this was an attack that went through the computer system that is in the enrichment plant where they make nuclear fuel. it's walled off f
when people say they don't want to work with the united states because they can't trust us to keep a secret. that's serious. >> it puts lives in danger and it infringes upon the ability of the intelligence community to do their job. >> brown: friday's "new york times" article was in fact adapted from a new book, titled "confront and conceal: obama's secret wars and surprising use of american power." its author, david sanger, is chief washington correspondent for...
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at the same time it's critical of the united states although he realizes american power. he wants to have relations with the united states based on mutual interests and mutual respect. it wouldn't be so surprising if in the medium term if he's allowed to say that there are some developments... >> brown: if he's allowed to stay. you say that as a real potential? >> well, there is a potential. the head of the military council's advisory board has already said that when a new constitution is written, it might be the case that there will have to be new presidential elections because the stipulations on the president, the qualifications might not apply to morsi. this is again a strategy on the part of the military council to put a land mine in the road of civilian power in a democratic transition because they don't want a democratic transition. >> the real power in egypt is still with the military. the problem is we have two forces, the military on the one hand and the islamists on the other hand. both of them are undemocratic. at the same time both of them claim that they hav
at the same time it's critical of the united states although he realizes american power. he wants to have relations with the united states based on mutual interests and mutual respect. it wouldn't be so surprising if in the medium term if he's allowed to say that there are some developments... >> brown: if he's allowed to stay. you say that as a real potential? >> well, there is a potential. the head of the military council's advisory board has already said that when a new...
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. >> the united states welcomes the agreement today for a ceasefire in gaza. for it to hold, the rocket attacks must end, a broader calm returned. in the days ahead, the united states will work with partners across region to consolidate this progess, improve conditions for the people of gaza, provide security for the people of israel. >> woodruff: a short time later this afternoon, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told reporters he leaves open the possibility of a ground invasion of gaza at a later date, but agreeing to a ceasefire made sense now. >> i know there are citizens expecting a more severe military action, and perhaps we shall need to do so, but at this time the right thing for the state of israel is to use this opportunity to achieve a long- lasting ceasefire. >> brown: the deal followed another bloody day in israel and gaza. we begin with a report by john irvine of independent television news in tel aviv. he filed it soon after the cease fire was announced. >> reporter: as the world's top diplomats were trying to write a new chapter, the i
. >> the united states welcomes the agreement today for a ceasefire in gaza. for it to hold, the rocket attacks must end, a broader calm returned. in the days ahead, the united states will work with partners across region to consolidate this progess, improve conditions for the people of gaza, provide security for the people of israel. >> woodruff: a short time later this afternoon, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told reporters he leaves open the possibility of a ground...
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also making history was kayla harrison who won the united states' first gold in olympic judo. britain, too, had more cause to enjoy these games. >> i think great britain will get a gold medal in the rowing. hopefully, we'll get some other golds. i think it will get better and better. >> brown: and it did. british athletes won events in sharpshooting and men's cycling today. the host country claimed its first gold of the games yesterday, in women's pair rowing. and tour de france hero bradley wiggins followed with gold in the men's individual time trials. wiggins tweeted later that he was getting drunk to celebrate and was defended by the head of the british olympic association. >> you know a number of people have commented, i think wrongly, this morning that he wasn't entitled to go out and really enjoy himself yesterday evening. i am of the group who says he's absolutely thoroughly entitled to have a fantastic party and celebrate. nobody deserves it more. >> brown: not celebrating is chinese badminton star yu yang. she and seven other players were disqualified yesterday for t
also making history was kayla harrison who won the united states' first gold in olympic judo. britain, too, had more cause to enjoy these games. >> i think great britain will get a gold medal in the rowing. hopefully, we'll get some other golds. i think it will get better and better. >> brown: and it did. british athletes won events in sharpshooting and men's cycling today. the host country claimed its first gold of the games yesterday, in women's pair rowing. and tour de france...
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. >> this the united states senate. mark shields an david brooks >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> woodruff: and ray suarez previews another political match to watch, thousands of miles south in venezuela, where long- time leader hugo chavez faces a young challenger. >> the election marks a watershed moment for the world's second largest oil producing nation. and a critical supplier of crude oil to the u.s. its number one customer. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: carnegie corp >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: more jobs, less unemployment. the september numbers offered the latest look into the u.s. economy, and the latest fuel for the fight over economic policy in the presidential campaign. it was the kin
. >> this the united states senate. mark shields an david brooks >> brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. >> woodruff: and ray suarez previews another political match to watch, thousands of miles south in venezuela, where long- time leader hugo chavez faces a young challenger. >> the election marks a watershed moment for the world's second largest oil producing nation. and a critical supplier of crude oil to the u.s. its number one customer....
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it's roley time for a dramatic shift in how the united states approaches this entire issue. >> brown: what do you think about that? a failed u.s. policy over there? >> let's take a step back. one of the reasons hamas is also emerging is because each of these actors that we see coming to deal with hamas are also basically islamists. we have an islamist government in egypt now it's a very different government than the one before. the fact that turkey is there. again, you have the a.k.p., this is basically an it many laik party. qatar hasn't met an it lackic party it doesn't like. what you have is the rise of political islam. it's not a big surprise that hamas felt em imoald ened to try to change the rules of the game with the israelis and the israelis came back and decided not going to change the rules of the game. i think there is a great deal of sort of popular support for the moment for hamas, but i think as those within gaza begin to think through, lrmt h all right, what did we actually gain out of this? how are we really better off, i wonder whether or not the same kind of sense of
it's roley time for a dramatic shift in how the united states approaches this entire issue. >> brown: what do you think about that? a failed u.s. policy over there? >> let's take a step back. one of the reasons hamas is also emerging is because each of these actors that we see coming to deal with hamas are also basically islamists. we have an islamist government in egypt now it's a very different government than the one before. the fact that turkey is there. again, you have the...
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the united states congress. but you're told in order to get a committee assignment, that you have to promise you're going to stick with the party line in order for to us put you on that -- so, nobody wants to compromise. nobody wants to listen to ideas that didn't come from their own club. and that's why we have stalemate on everything. >> woodruff: is one party more guilty than the other? >> i think they're both guilty. you know, it may be a matter of degree one more than another, but you know, whether it's a republican leader or a democratic leader, in the house or the senate, they have all said outrageous things. you know, we won the election. we'll write the bills. or it's our job to defeat the other guy or to elect more of our team. so, both parties are doing it. >> woodruff: so, you lay out some pretty far-reaching recommendations for what to do about this. >> i do. >> woodruff: talk about how you would change elections. >> what you have got to do is let the people be in charge again. so, for example, cali
the united states congress. but you're told in order to get a committee assignment, that you have to promise you're going to stick with the party line in order for to us put you on that -- so, nobody wants to compromise. nobody wants to listen to ideas that didn't come from their own club. and that's why we have stalemate on everything. >> woodruff: is one party more guilty than the other? >> i think they're both guilty. you know, it may be a matter of degree one more than another,...
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nondisclosure to the congress of the united states. keeping information from the people of the united states. and i think it's an unfortunate chapter but it had to be opened. >> brown: he ultimately became the second longest-serving senator ever. as president protem of the senate he was third in line to succeed the president. >> do you solemnly swear... brown: this morning vermont senator patrick leahy was sworn into that post. daniel he died monday of respiratory complications. he was 88 years old. friends and family said his final word was aloha. >> woodruff: we have more on senator inouye online, including a video clip from the ken burns documentary "the war." >> ifill: finally tonight, words of comfort in a time of tragedy, for kids and adults. and again to ray suarez. >> suarez: on friday as details of the horrific shooting in newtown emerged a group that supports public television posted on facebook this image and these words from the late fred rogers. "when i was a boy and i would see scary things in the news, my mother would sa
nondisclosure to the congress of the united states. keeping information from the people of the united states. and i think it's an unfortunate chapter but it had to be opened. >> brown: he ultimately became the second longest-serving senator ever. as president protem of the senate he was third in line to succeed the president. >> do you solemnly swear... brown: this morning vermont senator patrick leahy was sworn into that post. daniel he died monday of respiratory complications. he...
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states is engaged in this is extraordinary. >> woodruff: both sides hurt by this or is the president's campaign hurt more because of what rich was just say. >> i think both sides, judy t is an election. we used to talk about you get 40%, you get 40%, we're fighting over 20%. we're fighting over 3%. there are 3 or 4% undecided and they are in massachusetts, texas, north da cot a california, there is no campaign. the undecided feel, maybe couple of million of them in the 11 or 12 states become contested, so each side is interested in getting its own troops out and energize. >> i will give you a heartwarming moment. in springfield introduced a young jarx tow headed kid, i asked him are you a republican. he said no i'm an american. >> on that note, we're all american, lowry, mark shields, thank you both. >> thank you. >> brown: we'll be back shortly with analysis of the moscow trial for the punk-rock band members. but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support, and that support helps keep programs like ours on the air. >> woo
states is engaged in this is extraordinary. >> woodruff: both sides hurt by this or is the president's campaign hurt more because of what rich was just say. >> i think both sides, judy t is an election. we used to talk about you get 40%, you get 40%, we're fighting over 20%. we're fighting over 3%. there are 3 or 4% undecided and they are in massachusetts, texas, north da cot a california, there is no campaign. the undecided feel, maybe couple of million of them in the 11 or 12...
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. >> pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. >> ifill: ... and led the pledge of allegiance at the campaign's father's day rally and pancake breakfast hesitated. do you consider yourself a romney supporter? >> actually, i'm not sure yet to be brutally honest. i think this country needs some leadership that changes things up a bit. people in america don't care if a republican is president or a democrat, independent. there's small groups of people that consider themselves staunch republicans, staunch democrats, but i think most people just want a better america. >> ifill: president obama made his own ohio swing last week targeting his message to the same types of alienatedded voters >> what's holding us back is a stalemate in washington between two fundamentally different views of which direction america should take. this election is your chance to break that stalemate >> ifill: construction worker brian serves on the brunswick city council and remains a staunch obama backer. >> things are getting better. as we speak right now. i know that i've
. >> pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. >> ifill: ... and led the pledge of allegiance at the campaign's father's day rally and pancake breakfast hesitated. do you consider yourself a romney supporter? >> actually, i'm not sure yet to be brutally honest. i think this country needs some leadership that changes things up a bit. people in america don't care if a republican is president or a democrat, independent. there's small groups of people that...
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there is no crop insurance available for tart cherries in the united states. the only compensation for crop loss is filing for disaster relief which offers farmers low interest loans. jeff andresen, climatologist at michigan state university points out that this years early spring was an extreme weather event. but the existing record for cherry tree blooms gives him cause for concern. >> and we know now, from our climate records, that our seasonal warm-up is beginning on the average of about a week and a half earlier than it did just 30 years ago. so that's a rapid change. >> sreenivasan: this year wasn't the first time in recent years that cherry farmers saw low yields. what really scares farmers is that a similar sequence of early spring warm ups and frost events occurred in 2002. >> well two of these types of years in ten is something we don't think has occurred before, at least not in the last century. >> i had a young farmer tell me a couple of months ago, he said, the old timers told me that 2002 was a once-in-a-lifetime thing. and now we have this. they
there is no crop insurance available for tart cherries in the united states. the only compensation for crop loss is filing for disaster relief which offers farmers low interest loans. jeff andresen, climatologist at michigan state university points out that this years early spring was an extreme weather event. but the existing record for cherry tree blooms gives him cause for concern. >> and we know now, from our climate records, that our seasonal warm-up is beginning on the average of...
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she puts much of the blame on snack food imported from the united states. with sales peaking at home, american companies are searching for new markets. in 2009, 25% of coca-cola's operating profits came from latin america. and last year, nearly half of pepsi's sales were from outside the u.s. >> the marketing of junk food, candy, chips, soda at very low price really takes advantage of the poorest people. they're trying to show this image that if you drink soda or eat the junk food, you'll be healthy, happy, modern. >> reporter: but coke and pepsi insist their products should not be singled out for the rise in tooth decay. in a statement for the newshour, pepsico officials said: "with basic dental hygiene practices, people have enjoyed our products for decades without risk to their dental health." coca-cola officials said in a statement: "we believe that parents should decide what their children eat and drink. any food or beverage containing sugars and starches, including some of our beverages, can contribute to the development of cavities." >> reporter: but
she puts much of the blame on snack food imported from the united states. with sales peaking at home, american companies are searching for new markets. in 2009, 25% of coca-cola's operating profits came from latin america. and last year, nearly half of pepsi's sales were from outside the u.s. >> the marketing of junk food, candy, chips, soda at very low price really takes advantage of the poorest people. they're trying to show this image that if you drink soda or eat the junk food, you'll...
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not krtable with that because they saw nato and turkey and the united states get together and take out qaddafi and they don't want that to happen again to another ally. last but not least this is also putin's primal fear that if he sets up a precedent of supporting an uprising and the international community to back that uprising, they say what if tomorrow there's a russian spring so he doesn't like what's going on in syria at all. >> warner: what message is turkey sending to russia? russia is a major arms supplier to syria. are they saying you can't use turkish arms space to ship arms in? at least not on passenger planes? and can they enforce it? >> there's a gray area of legality and the turks are enforcing it. they are saying we can do this because it ears our airspace and they're probably acting on intelligence that might have come to them from other places. usually if the turks that has kind of intelligence it's not theirs. and the turks -- >> warner: kind of a nato intelligence? >> that's possible and i think the turks felt comfort to use that intelligence because it's for them a
not krtable with that because they saw nato and turkey and the united states get together and take out qaddafi and they don't want that to happen again to another ally. last but not least this is also putin's primal fear that if he sets up a precedent of supporting an uprising and the international community to back that uprising, they say what if tomorrow there's a russian spring so he doesn't like what's going on in syria at all. >> warner: what message is turkey sending to russia?...
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you can only send the president of the united states to burma for the first time in history once. so the question was, what was president obama going to get for this apart from the imagery and the speech and there's the glorious aspects of the trip that we saw. we saw that in the video. but in the last couple of days the white house worked really really hard sort of at the last minute to try to get some real concrete deliverables from the government. they actually got some. i think they got enough to be able to say that this trip was justified by its results. they did get about 15 more prisoners released. more important they got a process in place to resolve the remaining few hundred cases of people who are still behind bars in burma for their opposition to the military government and some pretty decent commitments that now have to be fulfilled on resolving the ethnic conflict and especially dealing with the really painful problem of the relationship between the buddhist majority in burma and particularly the muslims living in the west, the muslims who have been subjected to reall
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but did the united states complicate things in pakistan? and how? >> we didn't help because i think as many americans know as part of the operation to identify osama bin laden's whereabouts, the c.i.a. put together what you'd have to call a bogus vaccination campaign to try and identify bin laden's whereabouts. this became widely known. the doctor who was a part of it ended up being sentenced to 30 years in jail. but there you have the manipulation of a pure humanitarian program for political and counterterror ends and this was very controversial across all of pakistani society that especially strikes at the militants in the sense, well, here is another example of how these sort of western programs are striking at our interests and it undermines the credibility of what should be a basic health intervention. >> suarez: and complicated the plea from any subsequent n.g.o. that they're neutral and not affiliated with the government. >> any attempt to make that case there's going to be a bit of suspicion on the part at least of the militant groups. i thi
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states is ready to launch a strike. of course, the israeli counter question was, okay, when would that happen? if iran does not submit to any of the international demand, will you strike? at that point the american administration in all the talks, high-ranking officials have declined on giving any sort of specific promise. >> warner: how does the u.s. election calendar play into prime minister netanyahu's calculations here? >> well, i think it plays quite heavily. prime minister netanyahu would never admit that. but we see a line of increasing tension. some of it is deliberately between the israeli government and the american administration. as close as we get to the election. it is clear that the white house asked israel and put quite a lot pressure not to launch a pre-emptive strike at least not before the elections in order not to create an oil crisis that would damage the obama campaign. on the other hand we know from quite close ties between the republican mitt romney and prime minister netanyahu. i think that neta
states is ready to launch a strike. of course, the israeli counter question was, okay, when would that happen? if iran does not submit to any of the international demand, will you strike? at that point the american administration in all the talks, high-ranking officials have declined on giving any sort of specific promise. >> warner: how does the u.s. election calendar play into prime minister netanyahu's calculations here? >> well, i think it plays quite heavily. prime minister...
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the white supremacist movement in the united states today actually has five main submovements in it-- neo-nazis, traditional whies supremacists, like the ku klux klan. racist prison gangs. christian identity, which is a racist and antisemitic religious sect. and racist skinheads. and racist skinheads have more or less the same ideology as the neo-nazis do, but what differentiates them is racist skinheads also constitute a distinct subculture where they have a subcult that you are began in great britain in the late 60s and early 70s and eventually a racist offshoot of that subculture developed and came to the united states. and they have distinct traditions and clothing and hairstyles, and musical styles, and like any subculture-- like the punk subculture, or the goth subculture. so the hammer skins are distinct because they're one of the most respected groups in that subculture, and in particular, they have a very dominant role in the white power music scene in the united states, hosting every year a number of the major white power music consers -- major by their stashedz-- and a numb
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morgan's wall street office, the richest banker in the united states, trying to convince them to fund the project. >> brown: pick one iconic one. of course there's chief joseph. you describe him coming to seattle and there's a football game, of all things, involved. >> they bring one of the most famous indians in america, n 1903, chief joseph of the nez perce who's known worldwide as the indian of napoleon to witness the university of washington football game and they asked him later what he thought and he said -- he said through a translator, he says "i saw a lot of white people almost fight each other today. i do not think that is good." but joseph was a prisoner of war at the time. he could not leave the reservation. same with geronimo, without president roosevelt's permission. this is 25 years after the war. curtis understood that what joseph wanted was his homeland back so at the end of that weekend where they're parading this indian around at the football game, look at the indian at the football game, look at the clash of cultures, they take him up the street with a car, curtis
morgan's wall street office, the richest banker in the united states, trying to convince them to fund the project. >> brown: pick one iconic one. of course there's chief joseph. you describe him coming to seattle and there's a football game, of all things, involved. >> they bring one of the most famous indians in america, n 1903, chief joseph of the nez perce who's known worldwide as the indian of napoleon to witness the university of washington football game and they asked him...
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states, in february he visited he made clear he has positive feelings towards the united states and wants to maintain a stable bilateral relationship. we've seen the increase of these nationalist voices as china's status has risen and they're calling for the new leadership not to be seen as caving to u.s. pressure. and so she is going to have to find that balance between his own natural inclinations to have a good relationship and these pressures he's facing within. >> brown: where do those pressures come from and how strong are they? >> quite strong. it's a combination of factors. one the one that everyone points so the military and the increasing voice of the chinese military. this is often overdrown, however, in my opinion. they are an influential actor within the system. they've been modernizing their military and they have strong views on these territorial issues such as island disputes and so on. the bigger factor has been the nationalism among the common public that the party itself has unleashed in an effort to legitimize wits the fall of communist ideology. >> brown: there
states, in february he visited he made clear he has positive feelings towards the united states and wants to maintain a stable bilateral relationship. we've seen the increase of these nationalist voices as china's status has risen and they're calling for the new leadership not to be seen as caving to u.s. pressure. and so she is going to have to find that balance between his own natural inclinations to have a good relationship and these pressures he's facing within. >> brown: where do...
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. >> the united states senate was set up different than the united states house. they had two things in mind. one is to slow processes down, so that more thought, rather than reaction to the populace, would go into legislation, a cooling period. and the second was to protect minority rights. >> holman: and he says changing the rules would strip away those rights. >> once you start that, what you're going to have is the house of representative in the senate. minority rights will ultimately never be protected and you'll just have another house of representatives. if we're going to do that, why don't we just go to a unicameral legislature, because that's what you're going to have. >> holman: not so, says iowa's harkin. >> if they want to slow things down or if they want to offer amendments, the minority should have the right to offer germane amendments to bills that are on the senate floor. but the minority should not have the right or the power to absolutely stop something. >> holman: this is not the senate's first brush with the nuclear option. in 2005, then-republ
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that comes right out of the budget of the united states. it's how much is spent on aid for low income and poor people. $927 billion. now there are a hundred million recipients. a third of the u.s. population. that comes to $9,000 per recipient. now, half of that is medicaid. medical care. but even if you leave that out, you're talking about two or three times the amount of money to completely eliminate poverty in the united states. all the statistics that peter is giving here about how people don't income, it's because of that $927 billion since it only counts about $20 billion of it as income. the missing welfare state in our poverty statistics is greater than the g.d.p. of most nations in the world. >> woodruff: gentlemen, we are going to have to leave it there. two very different perspective bus we've learned something from listening to both of you and we appreciate it. peter edelman and robert rector. thank you both. >> brown: and next, we continue our series on the big changes in energy production in the u.s. in previous stories, ray s
that comes right out of the budget of the united states. it's how much is spent on aid for low income and poor people. $927 billion. now there are a hundred million recipients. a third of the u.s. population. that comes to $9,000 per recipient. now, half of that is medicaid. medical care. but even if you leave that out, you're talking about two or three times the amount of money to completely eliminate poverty in the united states. all the statistics that peter is giving here about how people...
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that is why he united states will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> woodruff: but iran's president, mahmoud ahmadinejad, has long insisted that the country's nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes. and during his own speech yesterday, he denounced potential military action by israel. >> testing new generations of ultra-modern weaponry and the pledge to disclose these armaments in due time is now being used as a new language of threat against nations to coerce them into accepting a new era of hegemony. continued threats by the uncivilized zionists to resort to military action against our great nation is a clear example of this bitter reality. >> woodruff: earlier this week, iran unveiled a new long-range reconnaissance drone and the country's revolutionary guard said it tested new missiles as well. prime minister netanyahu noted that while international sanctions by the u.s. and other countries have hurt the iranian economy, they did not stop its nuclear program. >> there's only one way to peacefully prevent iran from getting atomic bombs. and t
that is why he united states will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> woodruff: but iran's president, mahmoud ahmadinejad, has long insisted that the country's nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes. and during his own speech yesterday, he denounced potential military action by israel. >> testing new generations of ultra-modern weaponry and the pledge to disclose these armaments in due time is now being used as a new language of threat against...
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>> well, first of all, judy, i just want to say a tragic day for the united states and for the united states foreign service. we lost a great young ambassador and three outstanding diplomats. it's one of the blackest days in the history of the american foreservice, and we go all the way back to the founding of this country. >> i want to agree with the ambassador on that, too. >> i want to start there. look, i watched president obama's statement, and watched secretary clinton's statement. president obama is running against governor romney. governor romney is not running against the american embassy in cairo. the statements made by the president and secretary of state in no way, shape, or form apologized-- that was the charge-- for the united states or sympathized with the terrorists. and it's important to get the chronology right. the statement made by the embassy in i can roy was issued before the demonstrations. they have a big demonstrations coming. they evacuatedly the embassy. they're worried about physical violence. they simply were trying to say, "we don't agree with this film i
>> well, first of all, judy, i just want to say a tragic day for the united states and for the united states foreign service. we lost a great young ambassador and three outstanding diplomats. it's one of the blackest days in the history of the american foreservice, and we go all the way back to the founding of this country. >> i want to agree with the ambassador on that, too. >> i want to start there. look, i watched president obama's statement, and watched secretary clinton's...
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i'm afraid that the united states simply has fumbled over the years. the unique opportunity it had to shape a more stable and more peaceful middle east. >> brown: what do you mean by that? >> well, first of all, the israeli-palestinian peace issue. you know, today the middle east... the masses are stirring. every public opinion poll tells us the masses have a negative view of american position on that issue because they see the united states as failing to move the peace process forward. i'm afraid there is some truth to that conclusion. >> brown: walter mead, what do you see when you hear about the use of the term like "unraveling of foreign policy"? >> well, i would say that we're clearly... the hope that president obama could sort of turn things around from the bush administration doesn't seem to have been fulfilled. you know, i think zbigniew is right, to some degree what happened there was president obama in those early weeks made the sort of claim in a sense that he was going to start a new relationship with the islamic world and pressuring israel
i'm afraid that the united states simply has fumbled over the years. the unique opportunity it had to shape a more stable and more peaceful middle east. >> brown: what do you mean by that? >> well, first of all, the israeli-palestinian peace issue. you know, today the middle east... the masses are stirring. every public opinion poll tells us the masses have a negative view of american position on that issue because they see the united states as failing to move the peace process...
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i'll tell you they are looking at immigrants who came to the united states from either puerto rico which is a major source of new residence here in florida. puerto rico, other caribbean countries, south america. they see there a small but significant number of new voter registrations that they think they can pick up so they're working both sides of that street. they know they can't take it for granted. they understand the enthusiasm is down from what it was four years ago. and so they can't count on that. >> brown: we're going to look for your report on monday. have a good weekend, and thanks a lot. >> woodruff: thank you. >> brown: so let's continue here. i want to pick up on what judy was saying but also the point you were just making. there are a lot of things being thrown around this week, outsourcing and who creates businesses and what is infrastructure and the role of government. you were putting in that, that there is sort of the makings of a serious discussion. but are we having those? >> no, i absolutely make. there is the makings of a serious discussion of what sort of role of
i'll tell you they are looking at immigrants who came to the united states from either puerto rico which is a major source of new residence here in florida. puerto rico, other caribbean countries, south america. they see there a small but significant number of new voter registrations that they think they can pick up so they're working both sides of that street. they know they can't take it for granted. they understand the enthusiasm is down from what it was four years ago. and so they can't...
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states. >> suarez: kiely says factcheck.org has looked at similar claims leveled by conservative groups in the past and found they too stretch the truth. >> we've found in many of the cases they are exaggerated or just flat out wrong. for example, the claim that 2.3 billion dollars in manufacturing tax credits has gone to solar companies that created jobs overseas there is another one about an automotive company, fisker, manufacturing cars in finland. yes, it did manufacture cars in finland, but the money that it received for... stimulus money it received went to other things like design, engineering, things like that. >> suarez: as the two campaigns trade political barbs over outsourcing, another debate has formed about the economic consequences of the practice. robert samuelson writes a weekly economics column for "the washington post." he says outsourcing has had a minimal impact on u.s. job growth. >> on the u.s. economy at large, it has had a very modest effect, the things that really effect the american economy for good and for ill are mostly domestic driven. there are estimates t
states. >> suarez: kiely says factcheck.org has looked at similar claims leveled by conservative groups in the past and found they too stretch the truth. >> we've found in many of the cases they are exaggerated or just flat out wrong. for example, the claim that 2.3 billion dollars in manufacturing tax credits has gone to solar companies that created jobs overseas there is another one about an automotive company, fisker, manufacturing cars in finland. yes, it did manufacture cars in...
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he said: "david petraeus has provided extraordinary service to the united states for decades. by any measure, he was one of the outstanding general officers of his generation." petraeus served more than three decades in the army, but his rise to prominence came in the post-9/11 wars. in early 2007, he was placed in charge of all coalition forces in iraq. and in 2010, he took over as commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, overseeing the push to reverse taliban gains. along the way, he warned of tough going, as in this testimony at a hearing in march of 2011. >> the momentum achieved by the taliban in afghanistan since 2005 has been arrested in much of the country and reversed in a number of important areas. however, while the security progress achieved over the past year is significant, it is also fragile and reversible. >> suarez: petraeus' resignation from the cia today leaves his deputy, michael morell, as acting director. for more, we turn to greg miller-- he covers intelligence for the "washington post"; and retired army colonel peter mansoor. he was executive officer fo
he said: "david petraeus has provided extraordinary service to the united states for decades. by any measure, he was one of the outstanding general officers of his generation." petraeus served more than three decades in the army, but his rise to prominence came in the post-9/11 wars. in early 2007, he was placed in charge of all coalition forces in iraq. and in 2010, he took over as commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, overseeing the push to reverse taliban gains. along the way,...
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. >> suarez: brian looking at the united states do people realize how much of their food is really affected by those two key commodities, soy and corn. it has a tumbling dominoes effect in the oils in the sweeteners and the other ingredients that make up foods we don't even associate with grain. >> well i think it takes an event like this current drought situation to really shed some light to the consumer of where their food comes from and that trickle down of not only where the grains are being fed to different animals such as poultry and beef around the country but also what that means as far as marketing goes. and what areas of the country are being impacted. what the more knowledge that consumers can gain and maybe they can understand a little bit more of where the food products are coming from, they'll understand that when the drought is impacting the corn belt, what it actually means to them as far as consumers go. >> suarez: an unusually high number of farmers brian are selling their livestock. is it because they're finding it too expensive to feed them and water them? >> what we hav
. >> suarez: brian looking at the united states do people realize how much of their food is really affected by those two key commodities, soy and corn. it has a tumbling dominoes effect in the oils in the sweeteners and the other ingredients that make up foods we don't even associate with grain. >> well i think it takes an event like this current drought situation to really shed some light to the consumer of where their food comes from and that trickle down of not only where the...
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when i moved to the united states almost 30 years ago, i could not find an omega-3 fish oil that worked for me. i became inspired to bring a new definition of fish oil quality to the world. today, nordic naturals is working to fulfill our mission of bringing omega-3s to everyone, because we believe omega-3s are essential to life. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: a jury convicted a u.s. church official for the first time for the handling and cover-up of sexual abuse claims. 61-year-old monsignor william lynn of the archdiocese of philadelphia was found guilty of child endangerment. prosecutors said he recommended reassigning priests accused of abuse to unsuspecting parishes when he served as secretary of the clergy from 1992 to 2004. the jury a
when i moved to the united states almost 30 years ago, i could not find an omega-3 fish oil that worked for me. i became inspired to bring a new definition of fish oil quality to the world. today, nordic naturals is working to fulfill our mission of bringing omega-3s to everyone, because we believe omega-3s are essential to life. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and with...